Slovenian presidential election, 2002
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Presidential elections were held in Slovenia
in 2002. The first round was held on 10 November, with a run-off held on 1 December after no candidate passed the 50% threshold in the first round. The result was a victory for Janez Drnovšek
, who won 56/6% of the vote in the second round. Voter turnout was 72.04% in the first round and 65.24% in the second.
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
in 2002. The first round was held on 10 November, with a run-off held on 1 December after no candidate passed the 50% threshold in the first round. The result was a victory for Janez Drnovšek
Janez Drnovšek
Janez Drnovšek was a Slovenian liberal politician, President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia , Prime Minister of Slovenia and President of Slovenia . He was born in Celje, Slovenia, then the Socialist Republic of Slovenia...
, who won 56/6% of the vote in the second round. Voter turnout was 72.04% in the first round and 65.24% in the second.
Results
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Janez Drnovšek Janez Drnovšek Janez Drnovšek was a Slovenian liberal politician, President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia , Prime Minister of Slovenia and President of Slovenia . He was born in Celje, Slovenia, then the Socialist Republic of Slovenia... |
Liberal Democracy of Slovenia Liberal Democracy of Slovenia Liberal Democracy of Slovenia is a liberal political party in Slovenia. It is led by Katarina Kresal and is a member of the Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party... |
508,114 | 44.39 | 586,263 | 56.58 |
| Barbara Brezigar Barbara Brezigar Barbara Brezigar is a Slovenian lawyer and politician. She currently serves as State Prosecutor General of the Republic of Slovenia.She was born in a middle class family in Ljubljana as Barbara Gregorin... |
Independent | 352,520 | 30.8 | 449,995 | 43.42 |
| Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti | Slovenian National Party Slovenian National Party The Slovenian National Party is a extreme nationalist political party in Slovenia, led by Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti. The party is renowned for its euroscepticism and opposes Slovenia's membership in NATO... |
97,178 | 8.49 | ||
| France Arhar | Independent | 86,836 | 7.59 | ||
| France Bučar France Bucar France Bučar is a Slovenian politician, legal expert and author. Between 1990 and 1992, he served as the first chairman of the freely elected Slovenian Parliament. He was the one to formally declare the independence of Slovenia on June 25, 1991. He is considered as one of the founding fathers of... |
Independent | 37,069 | 3.24 | ||
| Lev Kreft | United List of Social Democrats Social Democrats (Slovenia) The Social Democrats is a centre-left political party in Slovenia, currently led by Borut Pahor. From 1993 until 2005, the party was known as the United List of Social Democrats .-Origins:... |
25,715 | 2.25 | ||
| Anton Bebler | Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia The Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia is a Slovenian political party led by Karl Erjavec.DeSUS was a member of the government led by prime minister Janez Janša until 2008... |
21,165 | 1.85 | ||
| Gorazd Drevenšek | 9,791 | 0.86 | |||
| Jure Jurček Cekuta | Independent | 6,184 | 0.54 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 15,209 | ||||
| 14,275 | |||||
| Total | 1,159,781 | 100 | 1,050,533 | 100 | |
| Source: European Elections Database | |||||